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When the grand festival of this varella approaches, one can hardly pass any way, on account of the great throngs of people, both by land and water, as they flock from all parts of the kingdom of Pegu to be present at the festival.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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About two days journey from Pegu there is a _varella_ or pagoda called _dogonne_, of wonderful bigness, gilded all over from top to bottom, to which the inhabitants of Pegu go in pilgrimage; and near it is a house where their talapoins or priests preach to the people.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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